Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Cathaláin ‘descendant of Cathalán’, a personal name
representing a diminutive of Cathal (see Cahill).Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ailin, a
patronymic from an old Gaelic personal name derived from ail
‘rock’.Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Cailin ‘son of Cailin’ (see Collin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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